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matetédish made of salted meat, fresh beef, cabbage, peas etc.
matiryóvariant of matriyó
matjèttool for hollowing out a tree trunk to make a boat; type of snake, e.g. matjèt savann Chironius carinatus carinatus, m. kouwès Mastigodrya boddaerti)
matlamattresssynpayas
matlósailor, arch.synmaren
matnikMartiique
matnikenMartinican .)
matnikènMartinican (f.); tèt matniken big head-tie
mató1hammer
mató2in mató pechè bird with a white ring round the neck, ringed kingfisher (Ceryle torquata)?? F martin-pêcheur? FEW 6.1: 385b ss does not give this form; not found elsewhere in CFC
matriswomb, uterus
matrité(of fruit) ready to be picked, nearly ripe, TE full
matritjèwhite-head broom (Parthenium hysterophorus)
matriyómaterial, var
matyèpus
mawannsmall edible fish, yellow with a black streak around the eyes and a dark back, butterfish?? Not found in other CFC
mawonto flee, run away; nèg mawon run-away slave, maroon; wild (animal, plant)
mayboullarge hexagonal kite, with a stick frame, equipped with one or two tails (latjé), wings (zèl) and a vonvon which makes a buzzing sound, TE madbullTE madbull (kite)?
mayéto marry (someone) ; to get married; (of cocks in a cockfight) stuck together (with the spur of one cock stuck in the wound of the other)
mayengwenmosquito
mayètmallet
mayòkcassava (Manihot esculenta); mayòk chapèl kind of wild cassava (Entada polystychia – DECTT 590)
mé(month of) May
mèbpiece of furniture
mèch(candle)wick